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Before there was Bilbo Baggins in 3D cleaning up at the box office during the 2012 holiday season, there was Bilbo Baggins in animation. Zinema 2′s Saturday Morning Family Films series opens its season with the late-1970s Rankin-Bass made-for-TV production based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Maybe your New Year’s resolution was to finally understand the ins and outs of the TARDIS.
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What’s cool in the art world? Ice art. Carvers from the Midwest will compete in the Opulent Ice Carving Competition starting at 9 a.m. Sunday at Little Angie’s Cantina in Canal Park. They will chisel away at two ice blocks and compete for prizes.
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When we last saw the Grantham family, it was the Christmas season of 1919 and all sorts of changes were afoot. Most significantly Lady Mary told Matthew about the scandalous, not-so-secret incident involving the Turkish (night) visitor, thus releasing herself from a blackmail marriage to the Carlisle.
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This month Retribution Gospel Choir will release its two-song album “3″ on Chaperone Records later this month before heading off on tour.
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When Mike Bobbitt was growing up, the only blood in video games was the blood on the road when a player lost at “Frogger.”
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Is it the end of the world as we know it? Not according to News Tribune astronomy blogger Astro Bob. But that doesn’t mean musicians can’t join forces for rock ‘n’ roll shows just in case. There are at least three doomsday concerts to choose from:
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A trio of Grammy Award-nominated musicians from Washington, D.C., will present traditional Scandinavian holiday music at Sacred Heart Music Center. Andrea Hoag, Loretta Kelley and Charlie Pilzer have performed at dances and concerts for more than 25 years and have been featured on “All Things Considered,” “Performance Today” and “A Prairie Home Companion.”
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There still is time to sneak in some of the holiday fare playing on local stages. Pick your candy cane-flavored poison:
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The Twin Cities-based vocal group Rose Ensemble performs its holiday show today at Sacred Heart Music Center. “Vamos A Belen!” features music from Colonial Latin America.
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